[Avodah] Why do Yekkes wait 3 hours?

[Goldmeier]

many associate the source of the minhag Yekke to wait 3 hours (as I 
keep) to the sefer Rabbeinu Yerucham who writes "gimmel shaos". This, 
iirc, is the earliest written source where one says 3 instead of either 
1 or 6. Many attribute Rabbeinu Yerucham's writing "gimmel" to be a typo 
and it should have said "vav". Others attribute it to the style in 
ashkenaz of having an extra meal (I always understood this as a fourth 
meal) - something akin to High Tea.

Kol tuv,
Rafi

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